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Island Wave Energy Potential

The HUGIsland Wave Energy is a game changer. It promises to bring electricity created from ocean wave energy to the ocean shores of the islands of the world at a very low cost.

The following images are located along the coast wherever there is a natural small bay. This type of topography reduces the cost of the reservoir.

Islands have the most to gain:

*BARBADOS

Surfer’s Point, Barbados

Barbados Wave Energy: Conset Bay

*BERMUDA

North Shore, Bermuda

CANADA

*Tofino, Jordan River, Byron Bay, Vancouver Island

Vancouver Wave Energy: Tofino

*DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

La Puntilla (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

*ENGLAND

Watergate Bay, Sennen Cove, Cornwall, England

*FIJI

Cloudbreak, Tavarua Island, Fiji

Fiji Wave Energy: SuvaFiji Wave Energy: Voua

*FRENCH POLYNESIA (TAHITI)

Teahupoo, Tahiti

Tahiti Wave Energy: Teahupo

*ICELAND

Grindavik Antenas, Iceland

Iceland Wave Energy: Grondavik

*INDONESIA

Lance’s Right, Sipora, Mentawais Islands, Sumatera Barat

Uluwatu and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

Nihiwatu, Sumba, Indonesia

*Nias Islands, Indonesia

*Kanduis, Indonesia

* Legon Par, Swari, Indonesia

Indonesia Wave Energy: Lagun Pari Sawai

*IRELAND

Bundoran Beach, County Donegal, Ireland Ballymore

Ireland Wave Energy: Ballymore West

*JAPAN

Fukuoka, Japan

*MALDIVES

Pasta Point, Maldives

Sultans, North Male, Maldives

*MICRONESIA

P-Pass, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

*NEW ZEALAND

Manu Bay, Raglan, New Zealand

*Tuapeka Point, Chatham Islands, New Zealand

New Zealand Wave Energy: Gates Harbour

*PHILIPPINES

Cloud Nine, Siargao Island, Philippines

Philippines Wave Energy: Siargao Island

*SAMOA

Coconuts, Samoa

*SCOTLAND: Brue and Barvas

Scotland Wave Energy: Brue, Barvas

*SRI LANKA

Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka

*TAIWAN

Fulong Beach, Taiwan

Taiwan Wave Energy: Jia Le Shui

*TASMANIA

Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania,

*THAILAND

Surin Beach, Phuket, Thailand

HAWAII

*Pipeline and Backdoor, Oahu, Hawaii

*Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawaii

*Jaws, Maui, Hawaii

*Hanalei Bay, Hawaii

Hawaii Wave Energy: near Maliko Bay

AFRICA

*CANARY ISLANDS

The Bubble, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

*CAPE VERDE

Ponta Preta, Maio, Cape Verde

*MADAGASCAR

Flameballs, Madagascar

*MAURITIUS

Black Rocks, Bernace, Madame Barry, One Eye, Tailor’s Point

MOZAMBIQUE

Tofinho Point, Mozambique

*REUNION ISLAND

Cachera, Kelonia, Le Jetty, St. Pierre, Saint Leu

Now enter a new use which is more profitable: the creation of electricity. Now it makes sense to spend over $25 million on the project because of a very lucrative return on investments: 19%/year in first year to 105%/year thereafter.

HUG Slab Wave

A slab is a piece of reef that sticks out in deep water or deep water sits behind it. Most slabs break in the same spot. In the figure below, the HUGslab wave, 1, moves fast and hits a shallow reef, 4, at full speed. It lifts out of nowhere within seconds. HUG Slab waves are heavy reef breaks coming out of deep water and breaking in very shallow water. As a thick lip unloads on a shelf, the water doesn’t have anywhere to go but upwards overtoppinginto a reservoir with all their open-ocean energy intact. That energy gets focused as the depth suddenly decreases.

The velocity of the speed at which a wave travels in winter: period is every 7 seconds for a velocity of 7.6 m/sec(25 ft/sec).

The average height is normally 3m to 4m (10 ft to 13 ft). The slab wave increases by 250%: 7.5 m to 10 m

The individual waves break when their wave height H is larger than 0.8 times the water depth h: a breaker 2 m high would occur in water 2.4 m deep.

Wave heights are amplified in the region of shallower water. At the wave period of 7 seconds, the significant wave height is 2 m high at depths of 12 m. The slab wave configuration raises the height to 5 m.